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HamdenRice

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Wed May-20-09 09:10 AM
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20. I think the reason is, that in historical hindsight, he wasn't that important

and the amount of emphasis he is given has been adjusted accordingly. If you take a modern course in African History, Schweitzer probably wouldn't even be mentioned.

I'm sure he was a kind person whose heart was in the right place, but it turns out his medical missionary work was somewhat self-dramatizing, and there were many, many more effective individuals, doctors, public health officials and institutions than him. In fact, it's kind of hard to understand why he got as much publicity as he did.

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